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Cover Also by Adrian Goldsworthy Title Page Copyright Contents D-Day, Tuesday 6th June, 1944

07.00 hrs Double Summer Time, in the English Channel, three miles off GOLD Beach, King Sector 07.25 hrs 08.55 hrs, somewhere in Sussex 10.35 hrs, a few miles away 12.25 hrs, GOLD Beach, King Sector 14.45 hrs, behind the beach 17.30 hrs, Officers’ Mess, Camp B43, Sussex 18.45 hrs, inland from GOLD Beach 19.55 hrs, Camp B43, Sussex 21.50 hrs, inland from GOLD Beach

D+1, Wednesday 7th June

05.35 hrs, Normandy 09.35 hrs, near Camp B43, Sussex 10.30 hrs, Camp B43 15.30 hrs, Normandy 20.30 hrs, Camp B43, Sussex 23.45 hrs, near Bayeux

D+2, Thursday 8th June

10.00 hrs, near Bayeux 12.15 hrs, Camp B43, Sussex 14.15 hrs, Normandy, between Caen and Bayeux 16.45 hrs, near the village of Putot, Normandy 20.45 hrs, Camp B43, Sussex

D+3, Friday 9th June

09.30 hrs, south-east of Bayeux, Normandy 10.00 hrs, Camp B43, Sussex 12.30 hrs, Point 103, Normandy 14.45 hrs, Camp B43, Sussex 17.10 hrs, Point 103, Normandy

D+4, Saturday 10th June

08.00 hrs, Point 103, Normandy 10.14 hrs, Camp B43, Sussex 12.45 hrs, near St Pierre, Normandy 14.10 hrs, on the edge of St Pierre, Normandy 18.55 hrs, St Pierre, Normandy 21.35 hrs, Camp B43, Sussex

D+5, Sunday 11th June

03.55 hrs, near St Pierre, Normandy 10.00 hrs, Camp B43, Sussex 17.00 hrs, Point 103, Normandy 19.15 hrs, Point 103, Normandy 20.55 hrs, Newhaven 21.55 hrs, Point 103, Normandy

D+6, Monday 12th June

10.30 hrs, off Newhaven 11.40 hrs, Point 103, Normandy 14.30 hrs, off Newhaven 18.45 hrs, in the English Channel 21.15 hrs, outside St Pierre, Normandy

D+7, Tuesday 13th June

12.30 hrs, near Bayeux, Normandy 16.30 hrs, off GOLD Beach

D+8, Wednesday 14th June

05.45 hrs, GOLD Beach, Normandy 07.20 hrs, GOLD Beach 12.30 hrs, near Bayeux

D+9, Thursday 15th June

12.35 hrs, near Brouay, Normandy

D+10, Thursday, 15th June

10.00 hrs, south-west of Point 103, Normandy 14.35 hrs, a field in Normandy

D+12, Sunday 18th June

14.35 hrs, a field in Normandy

D+14, Tuesday 20th June

04.50 hrs, map reference 859620, Normandy

D+15, Wednesday 21st June

05.35 hrs, near map reference 859620, Normandy 12.30 hrs, west of Point 103, Normandy 23.55 hrs, somewhere in front of map reference 859620, Normandy

D+16, Thursday 22nd June

00.20 hrs, a field in Normandy 16.30 hrs, A Company positions, near map reference 859620, Normandy

D+17, Friday 23rd June

04.35 hrs, outside the battalion position, Normandy 10.30 hrs, within the battalion lines, Normandy 19.15 hrs, near Putot, Normandy

D+19, Sunday 25th June

03.58 hrs, Normandy 05.55 hrs 07.45 hrs 10.37 hrs, on the western edge of the village 12.20 hrs, the left side of the village 15.25 hrs, in the village 17.03 hrs, in the left sector of the village 20.05 hrs, on the edge of the village

D+20, Monday 26th June

02.00 hrs, near Bretteville-L’Orgueilleuse, Normandy 06.05 hrs, north of Rauray 17.00 hrs, near Bretteville-L’Orgueilleuse, Normandy 21.01 hrs, the Odon Valley

D+21, Tuesday 27th June

09.45 hrs, a field in Normandy 10.38 hrs, returning to the Glamorgans’ position 10.41 hrs, a few hundred yards away 10.50 hrs, near the lane 10.59 hrs, on the other side of the lane 11.05 hrs, back in the field 15.45 hrs, the village of Cheux 18.25 hrs, the Odon Valley 19.45 hrs, by the River Odon

D+22, Wednesday 28th June

03.30 hrs, north of Hill 112, Normandy 05.30 hrs, in front of Hill 112 07.05 hrs, Hill 112 09.00 hrs, on the slope of Hill 112 10.50 hrs, on Hill 112 14.00 hrs, on Hill 112

D+23, Thursday 29th June

12.00 hrs, north of Rauray 16.55 hrs, to the north-west of Hill 112 20.00 hrs, north of Hill 112

D+24, Friday 30th June

03.00 hrs, north of Hill 112, Normandy 19.15 hrs, half a mile in front of Rauray 21.45 hrs, Rauray

D+25, Saturday 1st July

00.11 hrs, D Company positions near Rauray 04.55 hrs, A Company 07.00 hrs, D Company 07.40 hrs, A Company 08.15 hrs, in support of the Glamorgans 09.20 hrs, D Company 10.05 hrs, in reserve near Battalion HQ 10.50 hrs, A Company 11.55 hrs, in support of D Company 12.15 hrs, A Company’s position in the five sided field 12.45 hrs, near B Company positions 13.30 hrs, near B Company positions 14.45 hrs, B and D Company positions 16.55 hrs, near Battalion HQ

D+28, Tuesday 4th July

17.35 hrs, the Odon Valley 19.30 hrs, near Bayeux

D+30, Thursday 6th July

14.45 hrs, Bayeux

D+34, Monday 10th July

05.00 hrs, the Odon Valley, north of Hill 112 17.00 hrs, in an Observation Post half a mile north of Hill 112 20.30 hrs, start line at the foot of Hill 112 21.20 hrs, the Orchard, Hill 112 21.55 hrs, at the foot of the northern slope of Hill 112 23.10 hrs, in the Orchard, Hill 112

D+35, Tuesday 11th July

02.45 hrs, in the Orchard, Hill 112 04.55 hrs, on the front edge of the Orchard 05.15 hrs, in the Orchard, Hill 112 06.03 hrs, the northern slope of Hill 112 07.30 hrs, the Orchard 08.40 hrs, the Orchard 10.30 hrs, the Orchard 11.00 hrs, on the slope below Hill 112 11.55 hrs, the Orchard 12.20 hrs on the northern slope of Hill 112 12.35 hrs, north of Hill 112 12.45 hrs, on the slope of Hill 112 13.34 hrs, the Orchard, Hill 112 14.25 hrs, near the Orchard, Hill 112 14.48 hrs, the Orchard, Hill 112 15.05 hrs, outside the Orchard 15.12 hrs, inside the Orchard, Hill 112 15.15 hrs, near the Orchard 15.25 hrs, near the Orchard 15.28 hrs, Hill 112 15.29 hrs, Hill 112 15.31 hrs, on Hill 112 15.32 hrs, Hill 112 15.33 hrs, near the Orchard 15.40 hrs, Hill 112 15.45 hrs, on the northern slope of Hill 112

D+40, Sunday 16th July

12.35 hrs, Base Hospital, Basingstoke

D+59, Friday 4th August

19.45 hrs, south of Hill 112, Normandy

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